If a Trump-Iran Summit Happens, Ayatollah So

Making the offer would put pressure on the regime, with little risk to the U.S.

By

David Pollock

June 18, 2018 7:13 pm ET

In the wake of President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un, might it be worthwhile to propose a similar meeting with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? Such an offer isn’t as fanciful as it sounds, and could put useful pressure on the Iranian regime.

In his May 21 speech on the Trump administration’s Iran policy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explicitly endorsed the North Korea analogy: “If anyone, especially the leaders of Iran, doubts the President’s sincerity or his vision,” Mr. Pompeo said, “let them look at...